Word: amount
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...present system of selecting all the Senior class officers by a test of popularity is a custom which should be classed as obsolete. The officers fall naturally into two groups--those which are purely honorary--the marshals for example, and those involving a certain amount of responsibility and work such as the poet, the odist, the secretaries and the various committees...
...class poet and class odist. The poems submitted by these men should be voted on as to their merit but should not be submitted anonymously so that there might be some room left for choices in personality or if two men have written equally good compositions a certain amount of room may be left for individual preference...
...temporary addition of nearly a dozen members of the class crew squad to Coach Brown's University squad for three days of rowing has given rise to a large amount of shifting of oarsmen in an attempt to select the best first and second University eights as well as five upperclassmen for the combination crew. Yesterday three revamped crews took a long workout and several additional substitutes were shifted from the coaching launch to the shells during the course of the afternoon...
...Lawrence's first appearance in the stroke seat since the selection of the first and second crews a month ago and his shift from bow to stroke caused him some inconvenience at first. He managed, however, to send the eights ahead with about the same amount of rythm as his rivals for the position and he may accustom himself to the shift if he is given a slightly longer stay in the stern. Harrison has been rowing at stroke for nearly a week and his success at driving the crews marks him as one of the strongest of the many...
...Fallon case was loosely called "the greatest law suit in history" because: rail rates are fixed by the I. C. C. to allow the carriers a profit. The amount of profit depends on valuation. For 15 years the I.C. C. has been tentatively valuing U. S. rail properties. I. C. C. valuations have generally been on the principle of original costs, plus improvements, less depreciation. The carriers have contended for valuations on the basis of reproduction at present price levels ("current reproduction value"), less depreciation. In 1920 the I. C. C. valued U. S. railroads at approximately 19 billion dollars...